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Patent GB-189717190-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hat Pouncing Machines.
Inventor: TURNER ALBERT
Filed: 1897-07-21
Granted: 1898-08-20
Abstract: 17,190. Turner, A., and Turner, A., [Turner, H. H.]. July 21. Felt hats, pouncing. The hat is mounted on a block 14 removably attached to a plate 13 by inclined jaws 78 and a spindle 76 operated by a hand-wheel 74. The hat block has two motions, one a circular rotative movement about its own axis and the other a slow horizontal movement. The former is effected by bevel gearing 5, 6, Fig. 1, shaft 7, gearing 8, 10, shaft 9, and bevel gearing 11, 12 ; the latter by a planet-wheel 21 mounted on the wheel 6 and gearing with a fixed wheel 22 and a loose wheel 20 on the end of a hollow shaft 15. The wheel 22 has one tooth more than the wheel 20, so that the latter is advanced one tooth at each revolution of the wheel 6. The shaft 15 has at its upper end a toothed wheel 16 which is engaged by a spring dog on the lever 17, so as to lock together the shaft 15 and the head 2 which carries the hat block and its attached parts, which thereby receive a slow horizontal motion. The lever 17 serves to turn the head 2 without moving the shaft 15. The pouncing-pad 30 receives a rotary motion from the shaft 4 through gear-wheels 24, countershaft 23, crank-pin 26, and rod 29, and the rod 29 slides into a hinged frame 31 which is connected by a rod 39 with a shaft 41, acted upon by a conical spring 43 which operates to hold the pad 30 in a yielding manner against the hat, but the pad 30 is forced back to the position shown in the Figure at the end of the operation by a pin 55 which causes a lever 56 to push the frame 31 backwards. Shortly afterwards another pin operates special belt-shifting mechanism 58, whereby the belt 59 is shifted from the fast to the loose pulley and the machine comes to rest. The pad 30 is composed of a backing of leather faced with soft vulcanized rubber, over which a strip of sandpaper 53 from a reel 54 passes and is clamped thereon by rollers. The hat block in place of, or in addition to, the rotative circular movement may have an elliptical movement imparted to it by a set uf levers and links, the block being pivoted to the part which drives it. One of the levers is pivoted at one end to a fixed bracket, while its other end is adjustably secured in a slotted arm to the end of which are attached a lever connected with the swinging shaft of the hat block and a lever connected with an eccentric on the wheel which rotates the hat block. In the Provisional Specification it is stated that this elliptical motion may be effected by a differential or sun-and-planet mechanism applied to the axis of the block.
Patent GB-189717594-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Adjustable Nut Wrenches.
Inventor: LAMBKIN CHARLES HOWARD
Filed: 1897-07-27
Granted: 1898-06-04
Abstract: 17,594. Lambkin, C. H. July 27. Spanners. - The nut &c. is gripped between jaws a (only one shown), which slide in and on suitable guides 10, band 6 in the head A and are formed with T-shaped ends for engaging in a T-section slot 7 made transversely in the jaw holder B, which consists of a held 4 and a stem 1 threaded to engage with the jaw-adjusting nut C. The jaw holder B is kept from turning by grooves 5 engaging with the guides 6 and the nut C is kept in place against the head B by a semicircular flange 3. The head B is encircled by a band S, the ends of which are fastened at 13 to the handles H, H<1> pivoted at 14 to the casing I and prevented from going too far by a block 15. The head is rigidly held when the handles H, H<1> are moved respectively in the direction of the arrows 1, 2.
Patent GB-189721404-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carrying Frames for use with Litters, Hammocks, Sedan Chairs, and other Articles and Loads.
Inventor: BORGSTROM HENRIK EMIL HERBERT
Filed: 1897-09-17
Granted: 1898-02-26
Abstract: 21,404. Borgstrom, H. E. H. Sept. 17. Hand barrows; sedan chairs, palanquins, litters, and the like.-A rod 10, bifurcated at each end, has yokes 12 fitted with pads 13, Fig. 3, adjusted to the shoulders of the bearer. Fig. 5 shows a side view of a braced frame applicable to stretchers. In modifications, the frames are adapted for more than two bearers, and have the supports pivoted so that a horizontal position may always be maintained. In Fig. 11, pulleys 9a are fitted to the poles 8a, and cords are fitted to keep the part 10a horizontal. Fig. 13 shows another method of attaining the same end. Slotted plates 14a are fitted to the support 10a, to which is pivoted the rod 16a. Suitable stays 18a, 19a are fitted, and the rod 16a is clamped by the screw 20a to the plates 14a.
Patent GB-189728327-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Connection between Lead and Earthenware for Closets and the like.
Inventor: EDWARDS CHARLES HOWARD
Filed: 1897-12-01
Granted: 1898-04-02
Abstract: 28,327. Edwards, C. H. Dec. 1. Spigot-and-socket joints for closets and the like. The lead pipe B passes into a deep socket C, in which it is secured by yarn and red lead.
Patent GB-189728368-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus for Compressing and Mixing Gas and Air, more particularly for Lighting Purposes, also applicable for Air Compressing.
Inventor: LEICH JEAN
Filed: 1897-12-01
Granted: 1898-03-05
Abstract: 28,368. Leich, J., and Delporte, S. Dec. 1. Gas holders.-In an apparatus for compressing, mixing, and storing lighting-gas and air, a weighted and water-sealed bell holder B is provided for storing the mixed gas and air, and is fitted with a quadrant P which stops or restarts the air and gas supply according to the height of the holder. The holder may be made annular, so as to surround the compressing and mixing apparatus A and economize space.
Patent GB-189803892-A (GB)
Title: Certain Improvements in the Construction of Bedsteads.
Inventor: MIDDLETON FREDERICK JAMES
Filed: 1898-02-16
Granted: 1898-12-17
Abstract: 3892. Middleton, F. J., and Molineaux, W. Feb. 16. Bedsteads.-The block B<2> on the end of the side rail C' of a bedstead bottom is made with a recess b<1>, into which the ends of the end bar A<2> are inserted. The usual castings on the ends of the end bar are dispensed with. The Provisional Specification describes a method of attaching the metal corner blocks to the wooden pillars of wood and metal bedsteads; the block is hollowed to fit the pillars, and has a bolt which passes through a hole in the pillar and then receives a nut.
Patent GB-189804331-A (GB)
Title: An Arrangement for Mixing Playing Cards.
Inventor: POPPE OSCAR
Filed: 1898-02-21
Granted: 1899-01-07
Abstract: 4331. Poppe, O. Feb. 21. Card games.-Relates to mechanical apparatus for mixing playing cards. Unmixed cards e in a pack are placed in the upper part of the casing a, their lower edges resting upon a plate d. Immediately below and in advance of this plate is the comb c<2> upon and through which the cards fall upon a recession of the plate by the movement of the side c' of the bellows in the lower portion of the casing. The bellows open by reason of the extension of the compressed spring h on the release of the pin f from a catch. The dotted lines show the bellows in their extended position. Air being but slowly sucked into the bellows, the comb is gradually receded until a free space for the fall of the cards exists between the upper and lower portions of the casing. The mixed cards are withdrawn through a lateral opening.
Patent GB-189810291-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rheostats for Electric Circuits.
Inventor: WIRT CHARLES
Filed: 1898-05-05
Granted: 1899-03-11
Abstract: 10,291. Wirt, C. May 5. Rheostats.-A continuous metal ribbon is wound or folded into a number of connected sections a. These may be made by winding them on a circular or elliptical mandrel, and afterwards pressing them flat. The layers in each section are separated by applying an insulating- cement to the ribbon as it is wound, or by oxidizing the surface of the ribbon, or otherwise. The connected sections are arranged circularly on mica or asbestos insulation e in a ribbed case d. Etch section is covered by a metal sector c, and the sectors are held down by insulating-material below a covering-ring d<1>, which is secured in the case by screws. The inner ends of the sectors c extend over a slate disc n, which is supported by a spring m, under a brush g. The brush is carried by a handle l, and serves to connect any of the sectors with a ring i, connected with the first sector in the series.
Patent GB-189810435-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Meters and the like.
Inventor: JAMES REGINALD WILLIAM
Filed: 1898-05-06
Granted: 1899-05-06
Abstract: 10,435. James, R. W., [Moulan, C. T.]. May 6. Liquid meters; autographic registers.-Relates to means for autographically recording the movements of a rotary or reciprocating meter inserted in the main pipe of a service or in a bye-pass pipe, according as the measurement is to be absolute or relative. Means are also provided for checking the indications of the meter. The recording- apparatus consists of a drum U driven by clockwork and carrying a chart, and a lever N with pencil P, which is raised by a snail cam M driven by the meter. A weight S on a chord R passing round a drum Q on the spindle of the cam is used to overcome the friction of the apparatus. The cam M may be connected to the meter by suitable shafts and bevel-wheels, or by electromagnetic driving-arrangements. In order to prevent the slight flow of water due to pressures below about 20 to 25 centimetres of water, which would be insufficient to give correct indications in the meter, a loaded valve V is fitted on the delivery side of the meter, and is constructed so as to close when the pressure falls too low, a cataract piston W being formed in one with the valve and its cylinder connected to the pipe above and below the valve. The apparatus for checking the indications of the meter consists, as shown in Fig. 5, of a series of bye-passes on the main A<9>. Each bye-pass is provided with stop valves a, and the main A<9> with a stop valve A', so that the flow may be directed through any one of the pipes A', A<2>, A<3>, A', A<5> according to the volume of flow to be measured. Each of the pipes is provided with short portions the sectional area of which is accurately known, and the velocity of flow is determined by means of Pitot tubes as improved by Darey.
Patent GB-189811497-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Applying Fibrous Material to Paper.
Inventor: UHLIG MARCUS MAX
Filed: 1898-05-20
Granted: 1898-11-05
Abstract: 11,497. Uhlig, M. M. May 20. Paper, coating.- Relates to apparatus for coating paper with medicated fibrous material for toilet and other purposes. The fibrous material is led from the doffer D of a carding-engine, and applied to the paper while the latter is passing between the rolls i and c over the roll k, the paper being moistened with milk from a trough e by means of a cushion or pad f<1>. The receiving-roll c, and also a presser roll d, are carried in open bearings in a frame a, which is pivoted at b, so that both rolls press upon the roll k and serve to compress the material. The trough e is pivoted at f, and may be moved into or out of action by means of the lever system g, h. Several sets of fibre-applying apparatus may be arranged side by side.
Patent GB-189812330-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Generator and other Furnaces.
Inventor: BROOK EDWARD
Filed: 1898-06-01
Granted: 1899-03-18
Abstract: 12,330. Brook, E. June 1. Forced - draught furnaces; fuel surfaces.- Relates to furnaces of the kind described in Specification No. 4088, A.D. 1894, in which the fuel surface consists of metal plates 3, having a raised part 4 with lateral openings for the supply of air. The present improvements consist in providing the metal plates on each side and in front of the raised part with perforations 6, or grated portions, in addition to the perforations in the raised part. The removable lid of the raised part may also be perforated. A door is provided in the ashpit front to allow the furnace to be worked by chimney draught.
Patent GB-189815572-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Checking Shuttles in Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: DRUCKI-LUBECKI XAVIER PRINCE
Filed: 1898-07-15
Granted: 1898-10-01
Abstract: 15,572. Drucki-Lubecki, Xavier, Prince, and Reinert, A. July 15. Looms, checking shuttles in.-For checking the shuttle k, a lever a behind the picker is mounted upon an axle b, upon which is adjustably fixed by a screw b<1> a plate c having a curved or eccentric slot d to receive the roller e at one end of an adjustable spring f. The tension of the spring is regulated so as to return the working parts to their original position only when the shuttle is shot from the box.
Patent GB-189816576-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Distributing and Totalising Cards or Tickets.
Inventor: GAUMIER ANTOINE JULES
Filed: 1898-07-29
Granted: 1899-01-07
Abstract: 16,576. Gaumier, A. J. July 29. Indicating and registering by tickets; receipts, checking and recording.-Relates to apparatus for issuing tickets and indicating and registering the number of each character, and the total number issued, more especially intended for use on racecourses when betting on the pari-mutuel system. A number of ticket spools E, Fig. 5, are placed on an axis C, and the ticket strips are carried from the spools over rollers G, H' and a spiked roller I to slits in the casing fitted with cutters N. A spring F keeps the strips in tension, and a spring f, with rounded head, controls the exact length of ticket withdrawn by dropping into holes in the strip. The roller H<1> prints certain characters on the tickets to prevent fraud. The tickets are numbered consecutively, and the number of the next to be issued appears through a window in the casing opposite the name and number of the horse. At each rotation of the roller I one of the projections K strikes a spring bar L and actuates a counter showing the total number of tickets issued.
Patent GB-189817816-A (GB)
Title: Machinery for the Manufacture of Umbrella Ribs.
Inventor: WILMS GUSTAV
Filed: 1898-08-18
Granted: 1899-09-18
Abstract: 17,816. Wilms, G. Aug. 18. Making umbrella ribs.-Paragon rib blanks are finished off in a machine which inserts strengthening- wires in the ends, rounds and shapes the ends, and inserts a wire loop a<4>, Fig. 12, for the joint. The ribs are piled in holders C, Fig. 13<a>, the bottom one being pushed forward by slides c, a holder and slide being carried by each of a pair of blocks A, Fig. 2, adjustable on the bed of the machine to suit the length of the ribs. During the movement of the slide c the rib is caught by spring pins f which turn it with its hollow side upwards. The rib is then held between stops i and pivoted tail-pieces h on a pair of vertical slides g, Fig. 14<a>, the tail-pieces being held by spring-controlled bars g<3> sliding on the slides g. The rib is then successively carried opposite fixed dies 1, 2, 3, 4, Figs. 6 and 7, with which co-act dies 5, 6, 7, 8 and a blade 9, carried by a slide u, a set of dies being provided on each block A. Wire q is fed in at each end by tongs p, being cut by the blade 9. A central block B carries mechanism for feeding the hinge wire, which is cut by a blade f<1>, Fig. 8, on a slide w. This slide carries a mandrel e' over which the wire is bent by a block d<1> on a slide g<2>, the ends being pressed on the rib to spread them out as shown. The remaining dies effect the finishing of the rib by compressing and trimming the centre and ends. Needles 8 for perforating the ends are carried by a slide k<1> in the slide u, the slide k<1> being removable to replace broken needles.
Patent GB-189818495-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Steam Generators.
Inventor: NITTES GEORGES ERNEST ALEXANDR
Filed: 1898-08-29
Granted: 1899-08-19
Abstract: 18,495. Nittes, G. E. A. H. de, and Mõhl, L. C. W. Aug. 29. Steam-generator furnaces; liquid-fuel fittings.- Consists, mainly, in the combination with a watertube or other steam generator of an auxiliary heater containing oil or similar liquid which is used to generate steam in the cooler parts of the main generator. The auxiliary heater is exposed to the most intense heat of the furnace, and the oil is caused to circulate over or through a portion of the main generator. A special construction of water-tube boiler is described in detail, as well as liquid-fuel fittings for heating it or other forms of boiler. The same liquid may be used as a heating and circulating medium in the auxiliary heater, and as fuel in the burner. In the watertube boiler described, the generating-elements A, Fig. 1, and the elements of the auxiliary heater B, are each composed of a number of small tubes C, Fig. 5, arranged round a larger central tube D. The upper elements A form the steam generator, and the lower ones B the auxiliary heater, the lower part of the header F being divided off from the upper part. The generator portion of the header communicates by circulation tubes with the front one of two steam and water drums J', J<1>, which are united by tubes k' surrounded by a casing K. A specially-arranged partition j ensures circulation of water through the tubes k<1> and the rear drum J<1>. The casing K contains oil, and communicates by circulating pipes with the two spaces of the lower part of the header F, and so with the auxiliary heater B. The oil may be arranged to pass through the tubes in the chamber K, while the water surrounds them. The auxiliary heater may be applied also to firetube and other boilers, and it may be arranged as a protecting-sheet for the walls of the furnace, or in the form of tubes arranged to protect the water tubes of a boiler. Fig. 6 shows a liquidfuel burner arranged to draw oil through the pipe P from the lower part of the auxiliary heater. Oil vapour from the upper part of the casing K, Fig. 1, is conveyed by the pipe 0 to the central adjustable injector tube o, and escapes through the perforated end thereof into a conical mouthpiece, into which oil is supplied by perforations at p. The jet of vapour and oil passes through a series of air cones Q, Q. Fig. 7 shows a form of burner for insertion among the tubular elements of the boiler, which may be used for consuming smoke when solid fuel is burnt in the furnace. It consists of a perforated tube R, into the open end of which oil vapour is delivered by an injector arrangement. Surrounding the tube R is a perforated sheath, which may be adjusted to regulate the escape of vapour.
Patent GB-189818931-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Copying or Enlarging Drawings or Designs.
Inventor: JOURDAN AUGUSTE
Filed: 1898-09-05
Granted: 1899-08-05
Abstract: 18,931. Jourdan, A. Sept. 5. Pantographs. -The equal arms a, bare jointed together at e, and one receives a pivot pin g while the other carries the pencil h. The unequal arms c, d, which are pivoted together at f, are adjustably pivoted to the arms a, b according to the size of the copy required, scales being marked on all the arms to indicate the positions ; in all of these the points g, f, h must be in a straight line. The tracing- point, Fig. 3, is placed under a lens.
Patent GB-189820009-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cycle Saddles and Seats.
Inventor: SCHELL KARL
Filed: 1898-09-21
Granted: 1898-12-17
Abstract: 20,009. Schell, K. Sept. 21. Saddles are longitudinally divided, each part being pivoted so as to follow the movement of the rider's limbs. In the forms shown in the Figures, the parts A and B, Fig. 2, are secured on their outer edges to blocks D and E pivoted on the ends of a cross-piece C, and on their inner edges are secured to blocks F and G pivoted on screwed axles K and L secured at an inclination to each other on a lug H secured to the bar C. The position of the lugs F and G on the axles K and L can be adjusted by means of the nuts shown, so as to alter the width of the saddle. Stops S are provided to limit the motion of the saddle. The bar C is mounted on springs a secured at their lower ends to springs c curved as shown in the lady's saddle, Fig. 1, and secured in a clip I formed on the lug H. In a modification, suitable for male riders, shown in Fig. 3, the springs c are forwardly extended and are detachably secured to springs d which connect them to the clip I, the lower ends of the springs a being connected together by a distance-piece g and the horizontal portions of the spring c supported by additional springs f.
Patent GB-189820972-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in the Adaptation of the Telephone to Electric Bell Pushes such as are Used in Ordinary Bell and Indicator Systems for Private Houses, Offices, Hotels and the like.
Inventor: ANDERS GEORGE LEE
Filed: 1898-10-05
Granted: 1899-10-05
Abstract: 20,972. Anders, G. L., and Wilson, A. J. Oct. 5. Electric bell pushes.- Telephone transmitters and receivers are constructed so that they may be contained in an electric bell push casing and readily removed from or adapted to casings of any design without disturbing the electric connections. As shown in Fig. 2, the microphone transmitter is contained in the part 1, which is attached to a wall, while the receiver and the bell push 5 are contained in the part 3, which, when in the position shown, may, by means of a metal ring 9, the holding-clip 15, and a spring contact break the talking circuit, and establish the bell circuit.
Patent GB-189827509-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Nut-locks.
Inventor: HIMES JUDSON WYCKLIFF
Filed: 1898-12-30
Granted: 1899-12-09
Abstract: 27,509. Himes, J. W. Dec. 30. Locking nuts.-Nuts of rail joints &c. are locked by bending up one of the lugs E of the washer D, which is prevented from turning by tongues G or K. The tongues G enter notches in the sides of the bolt-hole, or the ends of an oblong bolthole or grooves B in the bolt A. The tongues K are used when the work is of wood &c., in which they embed themselves. The lugs E may be corrugated, so that a tool can be introduced beneath them to bend them up. For locking two superposed nuts, the tongues G, K are dispensed with, and one lug E is turned up and another down.
Patent GB-189905031-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Interlocking Railway Points and Signals.
Inventor: PRATT CHARLES
Filed: 1899-03-07
Granted: 1899-04-08
Abstract: 5031. Pratt, C. March 7. Interlocking.-Relates to railway point and signal installations wherein the point levers and pointlocking levers are arranged in proximity to the points and signals, while the signallever box is at such a distance that the points cannot be directly operated from such box. A tappet box or interlocking-apparatus B is arranged at or near to the point-lever frame A and signal post E, through which apparatus pass the rods or bars 1, 2, 3, 4 from the points C, D and point-locking levers C<1>, D', and also the rods or bars 5, 6, 7, connected at one end to the signal rods on the post E, and at the other end to the pulls 8, 9, 10 from the signal levers. The arrangement is such that the interlocking of the points and signals is effected on the one hand by the movement of the signal rods or bars by the signal pulls in conjunction with the signal counterweights 11, 12, 13, and on the other hand by the movement of the rods or bars connected to the point and point-locking levers.
Patent GB-189908808-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Adjustable Bearings for Carrying Shafts and the like Revolving Bodies.
Inventor: CHALLEN STEPHEN WILLIAM
Filed: 1899-04-27
Granted: 1900-03-03
Abstract: 8808. Challen, S. W. April 27. Adjusting bearings.-Relates to adjustable brackets &c. for shafts. The bracket or base part 5 is formed to receive a pivoted arm 10, which is similarly formed to receive the stem of the bearing 15. The arm 10 and stem 15 are formed with enlarged portions 8 and 13 and reduced portions 9 and 14. The parts are therefore strongest where the maximum strain is put upon them, while the reduction of the ends enables comparatively small adjusting-nuts 18 to be employed.
Patent GB-189911418-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Arc Lamps.
Inventor: POMEROY BENNARD HENRY
Filed: 1899-06-01
Granted: 1900-04-07
Abstract: 11,418. Pomeroy, B. H. June 1. Drawings to Specification. Globe holders for electric arc lamps. A small arc-enclosing globe, having a detached cover, is fixed in a socket adapted to fit upon a conical shoulder on the lower carbon-holder.